I'm in Portugal and registered here because I'd like to exchange some philosophical ideas, mainly in the topics of religion and consciousness.

I'm a physician and these themes follow me since childhood.

I don't have any degree in Philosophy, but I really like very much it mainly for its argumentative power.

I hope to participate in many discussions and believe many of you will too in mine, everything in a very constructive way.

I'm very open to critics, however acid they are, something I've trained for years, and very hard to attain, I think. But this is the core of freedom of speech, not just accepting agreements and critical views under condition that they are polite enough (even though I praise politeness, of course).

I don't like censorship in any way, unless under strict rules and transparently. My model are some British newspapers that allow users to comment, and suppress some annoying posts, but allow people to check them if they wish.

The only problem is that they created lots of restrictions on e-cigarettes to the point of creating a huge excise on nicotine, forbidding its importation and treating any attempt of importation as tobacco smuggling, facing a fine up to 165.000€ if it's a small quantity and jail if they find it a large quantity.

What I perceive is the international situation. Norway has just resumed compulsory conscription for a reason. Syria is another Spanish Civil War for sure, but this time Russia's participation is much more active. The countries involved always include the same: Russia, USA, Germany, GB, and France.